President Donald Trump is poised to sign the first bill of his new administration, and it is named after a slain Georgia ...

There's a popular mantra among skeptics of government power that goes like this: If a law is named after a person, it's ...

As Congress worked to pass the Laken Riley Act, strengthening immigration enforcement powers in the name of a murdered University of Georgia student, much remained unknown about how the law would work ...

The Laken Riley Act is on track to become the first bill Donald Trump signs into law as president and a sign of his intent.

The United States House of Representatives passed the Laken Riley Act on Wednesday, Jan. 22, requiring local law enforcement and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain immigrants in the ...

President Donald Trump will soon sign the Laken Riley Act, which will require the detention and deportation of unauthorized migrants arrested for violent crimes, theft, burglary or shoplifting. Laurie ...

The House of Representatives on Wednesday gave final approval to the Laken Riley Act in a 263-156 vote. The bill requires ...

Katie Britt, R-Ala., in the Senate and Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., in the House once the new Congress began. "Today’s vote on the Laken Riley Act is an important step forward in making our country ...

NEW ORLEANS — In a city still reeling from a terror attack that killed at least 14 and injured dozens of others just hours after the new year began, Georgia ...